Flower motif

Edelweiss Flower

A 3D crochet edelweiss worked in one piece: a silver-grey base disc with seven short and seven long pointed bracts layered front-loop over back-loop, a golden picot core, and five popcorn clusters at the centre. Five charted parts, each with its own stitch key.

Edelweiss Flower
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Materials

DK (#3), approx 200 yd (183 m) per skein
  • Gray (A): 1 skein (10.5 yd, 10 m)
  • Orange (B): 1 skein (0.6 yd, 1 m)

Total yardage: 11.1 yd

Size C/2–D/3 (3 mm) or size needed to obtain gauge
Notions: yarn needle, stitch markers, scissors

Gauge

Gauge is not critical. Work firmly so the popcorns and picot core stay dense; the sample measures about 9 cm across in DK cotton.

Notes

Worked in one continuous piece — no sewing. The base disc reserves its front and back loops on Rounds 1, 3 and 4 so the golden core, the popcorns, and the two bract layers each grow from their own reserved loops.

You Will Make

mr R1 R2 R3 R4 Where each part is worked in (∪ = front loop · ∩ = back loop):golden core — picot ×5 · Round 1 back loops (BLO)popcorn ×5 · Round 3 back loops (BLO)long outer bract ×7 · Round 4 back loops (BLO)short inner bract ×7 · Round 4 front loops (FLO)Stitch keysc
Base discMake 1
mr Stitch keyscsl stpicotBLO
Golden coreMake 1
Stitch keyscpopcornchsl stBLO
Popcorn clusterMake 1
Stitch keychsl stschdcdcFLO
Short inner bractsMake 1
Stitch keychsl stschdcdcBLO
Long outer bractsMake 1

Base disc

mr R1 R2 R3 R4 Where each part is worked in (∪ = front loop · ∩ = back loop):golden core — picot ×5 · Round 1 back loops (BLO)popcorn ×5 · Round 3 back loops (BLO)long outer bract ×7 · Round 4 back loops (BLO)short inner bract ×7 · Round 4 front loops (FLO)Stitch keysc
  1. Rnd 1:1 sc in ring × 5
  2. Rnd 2:1 sc in next st × 5
  3. Rnd 3:[1 sc in next st, 1 sc in same st] × 5
  4. Rnd 4:[1 sc in next st, 1 sc in next st, 1 sc in same st] × 5. Sl st to join

Golden core

mr Stitch keyscsl stpicotBLO
  1. Rnd 1:Working into the base Round 1 back loops: sl st in the first sc, then *picot (ch 3, sl st in first ch), sl st in the next sc* around — 5 picots. Sl st to the first, fasten off and cut.

Popcorn cluster

Stitch keyscpopcornchsl stBLO
  1. Rnd 1:Working into the base Round 3 back loops: *popcorn in the next st, ch 2, skip 1 st* around — 5 popcorns. Join.

Short inner bracts

Stitch keychsl stschdcdcFLO
  1. Rnd 1:Work 7 leaves, one on each spine. For each: ch 9; from the 2nd ch from the hook work back along the chain — 2 sl st, 2 sc, 2 hdc, 2 dc — then skip 1, sl st, sl st to the next.

Long outer bracts

Stitch keychsl stschdcdcBLO
  1. Rnd 1:Work 7 leaves, one on each spine. For each: ch 13; from the 2nd ch from the hook work back along the chain — 3 sl st, 3 sc, 3 hdc, 3 dc — then skip 1, sl st, sl st to the next.

Assembly Layout

How the layers stack (side view)Round 4 front loops → short bracts tilt up, on top (×7)Round 4 back loops → long bracts tilt down, beneath (×7)golden core + popcorns peak at the centre

How the layers stack: golden core + popcorns at the centre; short bracts on top (front loops); long bracts beneath (back loops), offset.

Assembly

The edelweiss is one continuous piece — each layer is crocheted into the loops left free on the base disc, not sewn.

1. Make the base disc (Rounds 1–4), reserving the back loops of Rounds 1 and 3 and both loops of Round 4.

2. Work the golden core into the base Round 1 back loops.

3. Work the popcorn cluster into the base Round 3 back loops.

4. Work the short inner bracts into the base Round 4 FRONT loops (they tilt up, on top).

5. Work the long outer bracts into the base Round 4 BACK loops (they tilt down, underneath, offset between the short ones).

Estimated Time

Approximately 1–2 hours

Edelweiss Flower — Free Crochet Pattern | CrochetPop